Ice-cream-slicing machine



3 swears-ansa? l A. W. LARSON.

Ice CREAM SLlclNc MAcmNE.

FILED JUNE 28. 1920.

INVENTOR.

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Jan. 2, 1923. 1,440,686

A. W. LARSON. ICE CREAM SLlclNG MACHINE.

FILED JUNE 28. |920. 3 sHeE'rs-sHeET 2 :F1 E E YYITHESSES.' IYVENTDR.

ALBERT. WILLI/1M. Lnnsom.

HTTORNEY.

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Applcaton filedlune 2S,

To all 'whomtt may concern:

Be it'lrnownthat l, ALBERT TW. Larson, citizen of the United "States, residing at Madison, in the county or Dane and State oi' Wisconsin, have invented certain Inew and useful improvementsy inlce-Cream-Slicing Machines, oi" which the following Ais a specification.

My invention relates to ice cream slicing machines; and the objects of my invention are', rst, to provide a device in which the container tor the ice cream in bricli form is in-` dependent ofthe ice chest second,`to provide a feeding and slicing means, which yare automatic and positive; third, to provide a container for the ice cream bricks adaptedto be moved backward into the ice chest a distance from the slicer.

attain the above and lotherobjects which will be apparent upon perusal of the following complete specification, by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which-- Fig. l, is a plan of ice chest'with door open.

Fig. 2, is a front elevation of same.

Fig. 3, is a right side elevation broken away. l

Fig. 4:, is a vertical longitudinal section on line A-B, Fig. l.

Fig. 5, is a. horizontal section thru doo Fig. 6, is a lett side elevation ci, container with follower withdrawn.'

Fig. .7, is aplan ot' container' with lfollower withdrawn.

Fig. 8, is a leitt side elevation oi container with follower advanced. l

Fig. 9, is a partial vertical longitudinal section on line A--B, with ldoor closed.V

Similar characters of referencel refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views.

The ice chest l, which is constructed in box form comprises a double bottom, side and end walls with insulation between the walls. The top is open adapted toreceive a: cover 2, which is also double walled and insulated. A compartment 3, is disposed longitudinally of the chest and is open throughthe 'front wall of same and a door 4:, is attached thereto by hinges 5, at the bottom and stud 6, and latch 7, at the top, to the front and central portion. The door 4l, is recessed longitudinally forming a race for the slicer plate 8, and locking plate 9, see Fig. 5. il. hand le20. serialy No. scatena?.

. lalala@ lever'lO,is pivotali-y connectedftokthe slicer 'plate 8, by a screw 11andextends bach-` ward a distance beyond-the "edge of the chest l, and is slidably disposed on a pin l2. A slot 13, in the end of the leve/r l0, provides for the ,movement on the pin. An *opening lll, in register with the iront end oij the compartment ,8, is providecl..i'n.'the door which is closed when-the slicer plate 8, is yin its lowest position, Vand openy when theslicer N f is raised by lifting the handle'l'O. -rlwo actuating lugs 14a, are secured to the ,'slicer. plate on each inner .edge and travel'online.` E-FrFig. 9. A container 15,'compris`ing rear wall i6, and side walls 1?, with the top flanges '18, and bottoni flanges 19, is located on top of ay base plate 20 .and held in posi! tion by pins 2l.. Forward the vtop anges] 1S, and extending acrossthe top vand down the outside or the container is disposedyolze p 22,l which is pivotally secured to the sainel by the studs 23, andk notched feeding bars 2li,

arev loosely attached to the lower ends oi:l the yoke by rivets 25. flaid.feedingv bars extend backward a, distance from Qtherivetsy and are provided 4with notches', for a distance and terminate in a portion equal in width tothe front portion and the depth of the notches 26.] Adjustable catches 35 .torv

len'gaging `the notches ,are 'pivotally attached to thesliding plates 27 on beth sides of the' container between the vvflanges 1S", and 119.-

wardly projecting flanges 35, ati-ight' anges to the armsbothasto thiclrnessand -width. u

A distance above-the flanges the front ends of the second'iba'rs tfwhich are provided with the slices 36a are pivotally 'connected by the rivets 37. `Said vbarsjarel attached to.. the yplates 27 by the rivets"38,'and extend backward and are pivotally attache'dto the arms 39 by the rivets 40.y The arms al are lloosely secured' tok the rear ends of the bars 29, by the rivets 42, and the lower` ends oil` vthe said arms, and theupper ends of the arms 39 are loosely disposed on the outer ends of the shalt 3. Saidshaft extends from side to side throughl *the slots le in the rear ends of the plates 3a and slots e5 in the side walls 17 of the container 15, and through both the side walls 46 of the fol lower, thereby connecting the feeding mechanism on the outside of the container through the slotse with the follower and causing the two to move simultaneously. Across the `rear end of the container'l, a bar l? is secured about mid-way from top to bottom and extends beyond Lthe sides ya distance, and

is adapted to engage the slotted ends of the bars 31? when the follower is pushed to the extreme rear end of the container. Byso doing the Lbars 3451 are forced forwardl and the arms 31 and 33 are disposed at an angle to eachother and the lec ges 35 assume an angle corresponding to the angle of the notcnesf26 in the feeding oars 9A, and upon which the notches will catch. At the sainek time the arms 39 and l1 will be forced up- .ward into contact with the flanges 18 and 19,

kbarsQ-l, and ca Figs. 6 and 7. for the rear positions of the the ledgesy 35.

preventing the follower 'being pushed backward when the notches Q6 of the notched bars 2li are forcedbaolrwardover the ledges 35, and the reciprocating of the bais 24: vwill move the follower' forward and force the brick of cream out of the container and under thel 'slicing plate 3, see lfig. 6, for worlring positions. advanced toits forward limit and the ice cream brick expelled, the front ends of the bars'34`will come into contact with the pins '46, thereby forcingv the arms 31 and 33 into vertical alignmeiitand through the bars 29 and 36, pivotedlat 30 and 38,`cause arms 39 and 1l, to lrecede from contact with the flanges 18 and 19, and raise' the shoes 36a so that the notches 26 on the bars Qdwill be clear ofthe flanges 35, see F 8, and the follower and feeding device can be pushed back and assume the position as shownv in the Fig. 6. By referring to Fig. 9, it will be seen, that bymoving the Slicer plate S4 up and down bynieans of the handle 10the lugs 'l-.u will cause the'yole 22 to' swing on the pivots 23,

i the follower forward, see

follower and feeding mechanism. A shield plate i9 is attached to thelower flanges 23 'to lprevent the feedingbars working ofiof As before mentioned, the

bottom of the container is detachable for convenience in cleaning, land extends forward of the slieer plate adistance to receive the detached cream while slicing. VVhei-e' lllhen the follower has been Aind reciprocate the. .feeding` said bottom passes through the door l, itis depressed to form a ledge on the under side,

against which the locking plate 9 abuts when in its upper position, holding the container forward while in position for slicing, but when not in use, the knob y50 vcan be turned in either direction releasing the` con- Atainer so it may be pushed baclr into the coinpartinent 3, and removing the cream a dise tance from the slicerplate and allowing thel circulation of Acold air between the two.'

Having thus describedL myinvention l claim:

1. ln adc'vice of thekind described, an ice chest, a compartment within the chest extending' longitudinally thereof from the front backward and closed at the rear end,

a door hinged to the chest ad adapted to close the front of the compartment, a-recessl formed within the door, a slicing'plate and locking plate located within .the4 recess a' handle pivoted tothe chest and attached' tor the sliciiigfplate foi-reciprocating the platev within-the recess, a` container adapted'to re-" ceive a brick of ice cream and be' deposited` within the compartment, a follower slidably disposed within the container, a shaft *pass-v ing` through the follower and out" through both sides ofthe container and attached to' feeding kmechanism for carrying the briclr of cream ahead of the followerand out under the slicing` plate. n n n 2. ln a device of the kind described, an icc clics-at with compartment within the same, a container insertable within the compartmenha follower slidably disposed within the container a shaft passing through the follower and extending through the slots in 'I the side walls of the container, platesattached to the outer ends of the shaft" and guided by the top and bottomr flanges ofthe container, a combination of horizontal plates and vertical arms pivotally connected to-y 

